Lawry wrote: > The assumption that the reference was to Jean Calvin did seem off.
Oh, I'm soo sorry that I forgot which religious predator exactly said what. So REH meant Barth. As if that would make the broad sweep okay... > Calvin was a nasty piece of work who found a welcome in Geneva and > dominated the place for quite a while. Among his nasty behavior was > the pursuit of Michael Servetus, a Spanish Reformer of considerable > humanity and brilliance who refuted the notion of the Trinity. > Fearing rivalry more than theology, Calvin engineered Servetus > execution in geneva, where he had sought refuge. > > Leading members of the Genevese elite served as Servetus's prosecuter > and judge (Berthelier and Tissot), families that even today are dominant > in Geneva. Oh yeah, Geneva is SUCH an evil place... it even hosts the ICRC and the U.N. headquarters for Europe... Besides, in Calvin's lifetime, Geneva wasn't even part of Switzerland (only over 2 centuries later). But I guess such "details" overtax the broad sweep's ability to differentiate. Perhaps you guys should be more concerned about all the "nasty pieces of work" who found a welcome in America and dominated the place (and not only that place!) for quite a while, or even to this day. They definitely make a bigger difference for our world than Barth and Calvin combined. But then, REH has to watch his reputation in NYC, so he better shoot somewhere else. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
